Detailed poverty data tables in the archive are available for 1994 through 2020. A list of available tables is provided below. Please note that not all detailed poverty tables are available for all years.

Additional information, such as table availability by year, file name interpretation, and available iterations, is provided in a README file in each table’s main folder on the FTP site.

To access archived tables, please visit the FTP site here.

Sections on this page:

Detailed Tables Decommissioned After 2020
Crosswalk Between Current and Archived Tables
Detailed Tables Decommissioned After 2002

Detailed Tables Decommissioned After 2020

FTP Site

Footnotes [< 1.0 MB]

Note: For 2017, data files in the "Bridge" subfolder reflect the implementation of an updated CPS ASEC processing system.

Poverty Status Tables:

POV-01 Age and Sex of All People, Family Members, and Unrelated Individuals

POV-02 People in Primary Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex

POV-03 People in Primary Families with Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure, Age, and Sex

POV-04 Primary Families by Age of Householder, Number of Children, and Family Structure

POV-05 People in Primary Families by Relationship to Householder, Age of Householder, Number of Related Children Present, and Family Structure

POV-06 Primary Families by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure

POV-07 Primary Families with Related Children Under 18 by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure

POV-08 Primary Families with Related Children Under 6 by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure

POV-09 Primary Families with Householders Under Age 65 by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure

POV-10 People in Primary Families by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure

POV-11 People in Primary Families with Related Children Under 18 by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure

POV-12 People in Primary Families with Related Children Under 6 by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure

POV-14 Primary Families by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure

POV-15 Primary Families With Related Children Under 18 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure

POV-16 Primary Families With Related Children Under 6 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure

POV-17 Primary Families With Householder's Under Age 65 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure

POV-18 People in Primary Families by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure

POV-19 People in Primary Families with Related Children Under 18 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure

POV-20 People in Primary Families With Related Children Under 6 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure

POV-22 Work Experience During Year by Age, Sex, Household Relationship, and Poverty Status for People 16 Years Old and Over

POV-23 Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over

POV-24 Reason For Not Working or Reason For Spending Time Out of the Labor Force--Poverty Status of People Who Did Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force

POV-25 Ratio of Income to Poverty, Public Assistance, Age, Sex, and Household Relationship

POV-26 Program Participation Status of Household-Poverty Status of People

POV-27 Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Primary Families And Unrelated Individuals

POV-28 Income Deficit or Surplus of Families and Unrelated Individuals by Poverty Status

POV-29 Years of School Completed by Poverty Status, Sex, Age, Nativity, and Citizenship

POV-30 School Enrollment by Poverty Status, Sex, and Age

POV-31 Number of Children, Marital Status, and Work Experience for People 16 Years and Over in Primary Families

POV-32 Mean Number of Persons Per Primary Family, by Family Structure, Age of Householder, and Poverty Status

POV-33 Mean Number of Related Children Per Primary Family, by Family Structure, Age of Householder, and Poverty Status

POV-34 Single Year of Age--Poverty Status

POV-35 Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Related Children

POV-36 Number of Unrelated Individuals and Primary Families by Size of Family and Number of Related Children

POV-39 Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989--Poverty Status of People

POV-40 Age, Sex, Household Relationship, by Region and Residence--Ratio of Income to Poverty Level

POV-41 Region, Division, and Type of Residence--Poverty Status for All People, Family Members, and Unrelated Individuals

POV-42 Region, Division, and Type of Residence--Poverty Status for People in Primary Families by Family Structure

POV-43 Region, Division, and Type of Residence--Poverty Status for People in Primary Families with Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure

POV-44 Region, Division, and Type of Residence--Poverty Status for Primary Families by Family Structure

POV-45 Region, Division, and Type of Residence--Poverty Status for Primary Families with Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure

POV-46 Poverty Status by State

Crosswalk Between Current and Archived Detailed Tables

Current tables can be linked to some archived tables found on the FTP site. The table below provides a crosswalk between the current detailed tables (2021 and beyond) and the archived detailed tables (decommissioned after 2020) on the FTP site.

Current Table POV Number	Archived Table POV Number
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	6
6	7, 8
7	25
8	26
9	29
10	30
11	46

Detailed Tables Decommissioned After 2002

FTP

Several tables were decommissioned in the early 2000s and moved to the FTP site. These tables are listed below. Additional information, such as table availability by year, file name interpretation, and available iterations, is provided in a README file in each table’s main folder on the FTP site.